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Most people who died of mpox in the US were Black gay men with advanced HIV

Vaccination-to-case ratios among adult males, by race and ethnicity in the US, 10 May to 31 December 2022. Graph: CDC

Top 5 stories on HIV in Africa from CROI 2023

Dr Elijah Kakande (third from left) who presented the PrEP uptake study at CROI 2023. Photo by Roger Pebody.

Alarmingly high burden of STIs among people with HIV in rural Uganda

Nina R. Creative Commons licence.

Top 5 stories on sexual health from CROI 2023

Professor Chloe Orkin presenting at CROI 2023. Photo by Liz Highleyman.

First, second, and third generation smallpox vaccines all protect against mpox infection

Dr Boghuma Titanji and Dr Jade Ghosn at CROI 2023.

Mpox (monkeypox) can be very severe in people with uncontrolled HIV

Professor Chloe Orkin presenting at CROI 2023.

Prescribing doxyPEP after STI diagnosis is more efficient than targeting specific groups of people

Dr Michael Traeger at CROI 2023.

Doxycycline PEP after sex appears ineffective for cisgender women

Dr Jenell Stewart presenting at CROI 2023.

No marked increase in gonorrhoea resistance in doxyPEP study

Professor Annie Luetkemeyer presenting at CROI 2023.